Coddy Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 A Strange List of Statements Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false? 1.. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 2.. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. 3.. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years. 4.. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot moore. 5.. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart! 6.. Only 7 percent of the population are lefties. 7.. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute. 8.. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old. 9.. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines. 10.. The toothbrush was invented in 1498. 11.. The average housefly lives for one month. 12.. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year. 13.. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened. 14.. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute. 15.. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day. 16.. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep. 17.. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water. 18.. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot. 19.. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie." 20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem. 21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk. 22.. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash. 23.. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor. 24.. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery. 25.. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins. 26.. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green. Answers below... They are all TRUE.... Now go back and think about #16!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Someone should teach the Americans how to use a toilet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 24.. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery. Answers below... They are all TRUE.... Now go back and think about #16!!! number 24 I thought umbilical cords were salvaged for bone marrow etc, etc, derek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 I am wrong again, of course it is stem cells they harvest from umbilicle cords, I think. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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